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Aussie shares best in a generation

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2013
... help investors avoid many of the risks of market timing and manager and stock selection, while keeping costs and tax to a minimum," he said. New Vanguard analysis of Morningstar data also points to the difficulty of picking an active fund that will actually ...

ANZ gets on the SIV bandwagon

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2013
... investment to the Australian economy. Applicants are required to invest at least $5 million in compliant products for a minimum of four years, after which they can claim permanent residency. ANZ's product offers a choice of two equities portfolios managed ...

Study shows dark pools benefit markets at low volumes

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013
... and market liquidity. Researchers analysed dark trading within the Canadian market before and after the introduction of minimum price improvement rules in October 2012. They found that dark trading reduces transaction costs and improves the efficiency ...

Former Royal Bank of Canada employee jailed for insider trading

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013

Three IOOF funds qualify for SIV program

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2013
... business and investment. It allows foreign high net worth individuals to invest $5million into qualifying products for a minimum of four years before being eligible to apply for permanent residency in Australia. The new qualifying funds are IOOF MultiMix ...

ASFA calls for clarity on Labor's super law freeze

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
... taxation settings can diminish community support for compulsory super, so it's important that future 'tinkering' is kept to a minimum." The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) also welcomed the announcement, with chief executive Tom ...

FSC to support Indigenous financial literacy

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
... Nations Foundation (FNF) to help improve the financial literacy of Indigenous Australians. The FSC will be providing a minimum of $50,000 a year for three years funds to the FNF to help expand its adult financial literacy program, known as My Moola ...

Fidelity launches new mid-small cap Australian equity fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
... supported directly by nine Australian equity analysts, as well Fidelity's global analyst team. The Fund is available for a minimum initial investment of $25,000 and Fidelity will be looking to place it on leading platforms in the near term. The addition ...

Fidelity Worldwide Investment cuts minimum investment amounts

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
Fidelity Worldwide Investment (Fidelity) has reduced the minimum initial investment amount required for all its funds in Australia from $500,000 to $25,000. Before this, Fidelity's product range had been available for a minimum initial investment amount ...

Numbers don't add up at McDonald's financial planning

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
... planning unit for its workforce has prompted harsh criticism for its assumption that its low-paid workers can't live on the minimum wage income that they are paid. A sample budget on McDonald's "Practical Money Skills for Life" website assumes that a ...